Q&A: Presidential Candidate Ron Paul

Can you characterize a typical Ron Paul supporter? No. The characteristic is they're not typical, and we're proud of it. We talk about it all the time—freedom brings diversity. It brings people together. Big government divides us, and we become competitive, and we fight over the spoils. That's why you have lobbyists up here fighting. It was fine when everybody thought there was endless wealth in this country. But today people, down deep in their heart, they know there's something wrong. And they see symbolically one of the best measurements of a country that is losing its wealth is when their currency goes down in value. And I've been talking about currency values since the very first time I ran for office. It's the monetary issue that has motivated me. And it's just all coming together now. The welfare spending at home, the militarism, the empire building is bringing us to bankruptcy. And we have a lot more inflation than they'll admit. Here we have currency going down—that in itself is inflation. The figures they fudge with—the CPI [consumer price index]—that is not inflation. That is a pseudo measure of inflation. The dollar is important. The money supply is important. But not government reports on the CPI.

I am finding it harder and harder to avoid the fact that I agree with almost everything that comes out of Ron Paul's mouth. He has a handle on most of the issues that are important to me and honeslty, he speaks from a very straightforward no complication perspective. The entire Q&A is worth a read, but I found this intiial piece to be very poinient. There is no streamlined demographic of a republican or a democrat these days. America is made of up of very diverse and differing opinions. Honestly, this political election may be one of the most complex ever. With the ability and availability of information there is a huge chance for many who normally avoid politics to be aware of and more involved in the process. I think that Ron Paul has been doing an amazing job of capitalizing on the internet availability and rallying his support, and the increase in the number of supporters at his speeches and events recently stand as proof. It is true, freedom breeds diversity, but the freedom is also what brings us together. I know that on the top of my list is the right to be a free citizen able to pursue my hapiness and to do so without constant interference by the government or anyone else for that matter.

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